Mudiaga Affe, CalabarA Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, on Thursday sentenced a 31-year-old man, Ifeanyi Okorogu, to two years’ imprisonment with no option of fine for attempting to sell a three-day-old baby girl. Okorogu, who was arrested in December 2017, was brought to the court by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons on two counts. The charge sheet, with number FHC/CA/68C/2017, was signed by one Unimwen Aigbeze of NAPTIP, on behalf of the Minister of Justice. Okorogu’s lawyer, Cosmos Obinna, before the judgement, urged the court to temper justice with mercy. Delivering the judgement, Justice Inyang Ekwo sentenced Okorogu to two years on the first count and one year on the second with no option of fine.

Source: Punch January 11, 2018 23:26 UTC